That's just polemic August. 'Germany' may be overreacting when "this" topic comes up, but it's more because "we" have a special national expirience with "such" selfbacked 'brothers&sisters' (or better 'fraters&sorrors').
And yes, I know my conspiracy theory. Most of the big german politicans are freemasons as every where else. But that explains the (partly) overreaction in Germany, because 'they' have the expierience what happens, when some other guys take over the rudder...
So the problem is not that Germany always tends to be totalitarian. No, they just want to be everytime "worldmasters"...this time in total democracy.